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From: "sheldon" <>
Subject: RE: [PaOldC] Old Cemetery and church
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:52:10 -0500
In-Reply-To: <019a01c5caf9$9b9d9370$6f208a42@PamKirkland>


I can tell you only that my 3rd great grandfather Richard Jones preached at
Great Valley (his diary) for about five years between 1800-1805 after his
arrival from Wales.

Keywords: Great Valley Baptist Church will take you to their website. They
have some general history posted and map. I have reference to a picture of
the old meeting house that was torn down when the church was built in 1805
but the website appears to have been removed. It was called the Artists
conception of the Meeting House at Radnor. Radnor was the township name.

Pat Sheldon

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From: Ed & Pam Kirkland [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 11:43 PM
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Does anyone know where to find the records for the Great Valley church?
before 1800?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Ferguson" <>
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: [PaOldC] Old Cemetery and church


>
> Hephzibah Baptist Church was established around 1720, but they met in
> various homes till the 1750s, when they built an actual meeting house.
> (yes, the term was used by faiths other than the Quakers)...then, the
> building of a new church was accomplished in around 1790,, when it moved
> to Newlin twp. Remember, at times these churches only had 15 or so
> members, so no actual building was really necessary or economically
> feasible. (the Hephzibah was still standing in 1881)
> The Great Valley Baptist Church, established in the early 1700s also
> met in the homes of the members, with itinerate ministers, till around
> 1722, when they built a log church in Tredyffrin...I think the church was
> unusable after the damage it sustained in the Am Rev. War...the next
> building was erected in1805.
> Wish I knew more....
>
> S.
>
> Does anyone have any history on them?
>
> Hephzibah in Vincent & Newlin Twp 1707
> Vincent branch of Great Valley church 1737
>
> Also, the Church was actually referred to as a "Meeting House" in the mid
> 1800's. Is that term distinctly Quaker or did other religions use
> meetinghouse instead of church?
>
>
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